A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals

Authors: Steve Martin, Grey Stafford, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training

2024

Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science

Authors: Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords:

2023

Monkeying around: Non-human primate behavioural responses to humans reproducing their facial expressions

Authors: Béatrice Luisi, Jérôme Micheletta, Eglantine Julle-Danière, Jérôme Catinaud, Laëtitia Maréchal

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: facial expressions, human-animal interaction, mimicking, primates

2023

Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry

Authors: Anne E Goodenough, Amy Sewell, Katie McDonald

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather

2022

Welfare Assessment Tools in Zoos: From Theory to Practice

Authors: Narelle Jones, Sally L. Sherwen, Rachel Robbins, David J. McLelland, Alexandra L. Whittaker

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: animal-based, Five Domains, resource-based, scoring, validity, zoo animal welfare

2022

A Comparative Perspective on Three Primate Species’ Responses to a Pictorial Emotional Stroop Task

Authors: Lydia M Hopper, Matthias Allritz, Crystal L Egelkamp, Sarah M Huskisson, Sarah L Jacobson, Jesse G Leinwand, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, attentional bias, emotions, snake detection theory, Stroop effect, touchscreen, welfare, zoo

2021

Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum

Authors: Helen Colbachini, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto, Leonardo Mendes de Souza Mesquita, Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig

Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes

Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction

2021

A network perspective on animal welfare

Authors: T. Rowland, T. W. Pike, O. H. P. Burman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: affect, animal welfare, complexity, dynamics, networks, statistics

2021

The status and value of replications in animal behavior science

Authors: KF Brecht, EW Legg, C Nawroth, H Fraser, L Ostojić

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *animal cognition, animal behavior, inferences, methods, replication, theory

2021